John Adair, II

FROM: "Wayne County Kentucky Pioneers, Vol 4, " compiled and edited by June Baldwin Bork, 1974; Fort Worth Public Library, "John Adair, Jr. and Sr. are listed as entry takers of Sullivan County, North Carolina (later Tennessee).

His mother was Eleanor Crawford. All three came to this country from Ireland in 1770.

John and Eleanor are buried in Knox County, Tennessee. "
Date born 2: WFT Est. 1742-177119
Died 2: WFT Est. 1796-185619
Immigration: 1862, To Baltimore, Maryland.

John Adair, his grandson states that he was enlisted in the British Army and Accompanied Cornwallis to the Americans. Cornwallis reached Fear Island on Dec 25, 1776, near Boston, with the Royal 7th Foot. A couple of years later He married Mary O'Donnell and was declared a deserter by the 7th Foot.

Next we have Mary Donnell Adair charged with Trespassing in Augusta County, Virginia in 1788. 

Mary O'Donnell Adair's death was in Augusta County in about 1790.
John Adair then married Elizabeth McKNight in June 11, 1791 she was the daughter-in-law to William Burgess. John Adair move his family to Ohio in 1808.